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Page 10 The Sun Thursday. June 5. 2008 Wf MI. AST Village of Blasdell police officers and crossing guards, 1969 i Shown here is the Blasdell Police Department, including the local school crossing guards, as they posed for this photo at the Frontier Regency (Camelot) Motor Hotel in the summer of 1969. The department was gathered at the motel restaurant for the annual Communion Breakfast started by Chief Robert N.

Palmer as an annual affair. The Regency Motel, on the north side of Mile Strip Road, was demolished in 1989 and has been replaced by the B.J.'s Plaza. In the photo bottom row, left to right are: Chief R. Palmer, F. Palmer and N.

Palmer. Second row (crossing guards): P. Pasi-. erbowicz, S. Harmon, T.

Given and R. Green. Third row: C. Col-lard, D. Seufert, J.

Orlowski, P. Yacobucci and B. Kramer. Back row: K. Robertson, J.

Jensen, G. Carberry and B. Plarr. Absent from the photo was Tom Best, who at present is a member of the Hamburg Town Board. At that time the village department's full time officers were Ken Robertson, Gene Carberry, Jerry Jensen, Dwight Seufert, Best, and Bob and Nelson Palmer.

The others were part time. The officers for the department were; Bob Palmer was chief, Nelson Palmer was appointed as the lieutenant, and Tom Best was sergeant. The Village of Blasdell's first police department was created in 1898 when the village was first incorporated. At that time, William Cook was appointed as the village's first police officer. However, it wasn't until the turn of the century that former clerk, Henri de Verneuil was named as the village peace justice and at the same time assumed the job as chief of police.

Si 1926 and James Richings, who then became chief of police. Richings stayed on the job until 193 1 when he was replaced by Carl Warnick. Warnick remained as chief until 1935 when Fred Roth 4 w- 0' In the next 100 years, several well known village residents would follow in de Verneuil's foot steps. The first of these was Ira Dunmire who replaced. De Verneuil as village justice in 0 was appointed to the position.

Both men were well known in the village as stern, no nonsense police administrators. After stepping down in 1947, Roth briefly served as the village peace justice before he passed away in 1950. When Roth stepped down as police chief and was then appointed as the village justice, Dean Salisbury became the village chief of police. He served until 1964 before stepping down from the job. It was at that time that the village board appointed Ken Robertson as interim chief, and then in April 1965 they appointed Robert Palmer as the permanent department head.

Palmer, who started as a patrol officer in 1951, would go on to serve the village for the next 36 years, 22 as chief He retired from the position in 1987. During his tenure as chief, the department was awarded the American Automobile Association's Pedestrian Safety Award, and also had the distinction of being honored with the J. Edgar Hoover Law Enforcement Award. At present, Bob's son Robert BUSINESS PROFILE AXCENTRICS SALON 2936 Southwestern Orchard Park, NY 14127 675-6547 is a member of the Town of Hamburg Police Department. He follows in his father's law enforcement footsteps, as well as his uncle Kelson.

In 1989, the Blasdell Village Board, in a cost cutting move, dissolved the police department and contracted with the Erie County Sheriffs Department to provide protection for the village. Today the village has a police force of part time officers, and in the last 10 years had several men serve as it's chief. Tom Best, former Blasdell village patrol officer and Town of Hamburg detective, headed the part -ime department for several years before becoming a member of the Hamburg Town Board. Bob Krone now heads the village force. Photograph provided courtesy of Bill Kramer.

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